Improvement in rattan-cutters



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J. AB. SAWYER, OF'EAST TEMPLETON, lVlASSA'CI- IUSE'ITSl LettersPatent,No. 93,126, dated July 27, 1869.

.The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andmaking part of thesanne.

To all whom it may concern:

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal central section on line A B, iig. l;l Figure 5 represents a front view of the cutter shown in iig. 1; and

Figure represents a front'view oi the cutter shown I in tig. 3i

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs, tomake and use the same, I will describe the improvements more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination, with arattan-cutter, made many-sided, both on the inside and outside, of alseries `of tins upon the outside, as will bel hereafter explained.

, In the drawings- I Ais the cutter, the shank B of which is made in theusual form, and having a circular lhole, O, extending through it, andpartly'through the cutter part D.

' rIhe hole E in the front part of the cutter, and the outside of thecutter, are bot-h made, inv this instance, six-tide'd, or ofhexagonshape.

' The cutter4v may be made with greater or less number of sides, aspreferred, and the many-sided hole E may extend entirely through theshank B.

In iig. 1 it will be noticed that fins or cutting-,spurs a. project outat the corners; and for many reasons it may be advisable -to -make Vthecutter with such cuttin g-spurs -or fins.

The shank of the cutter is inserted in a supportingfed to or forced`againstthe cutter, also in. the usual manner, but the'form oftherattan', as well as the pith which passes through the hole in thecutter, is of different shape from what it is when the rattan is cut bytheordinary cutter, which has'simply a round lor circular hole throughthe cutter.

vThe under or innen sides of the strips, when cut,A

arev of concave or. circular shape, while the pith-is of circular form.

When the stli'ps'are' clit iii this form', there isg'eat liability ofcracking or checking the backs of the strips longitudinally, as they arepassed through the 'feedrolls, for the purposeI of shaving 'them downtothe proper and uniform thickness, owing to the fact that the edges areforcedup, while the back is forced down; and besides, the enamel of theback of the rattan is more or less linjured and broken off during theshavingoperation, when the strips are cut by thecommon cutter.

Then again, the pith being kept in circular form, is not solnerchantable and valuable as it is when left in the form shown in iig.6, or many-sided.

It will be noticed that by the use of my'improved cutter, the undersides of the strips are left flat, so that there is no danger ofcracking either the enamel or the fibre of the rattan, in the operationof splitting, or in the subsequent operation of preparing it for use.

The pith is employed in the manufacture of a great variety of usefulandjornamental articles,4 and the many-sided form is preferred. 1 p nHaving described my improved rattan-cutter,

What I claim therein as new and of my invention,.- ,and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination, witha many-sided A rattan-cutter, of separating-dns orcutting-spurs a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' J. B. SAWYER.

Witnesses:

THos. H. Doven, ALBERT E. Pnmon.

